NVQ Student discusses ONP options in UK
NVQ Student Visa holder, Jacqui, reports to her educational provider the very day she landed at Heathrow Airport.
The Filipino Nurse is in the UK on a 3 year student visa and will start her course in NVQ Level 3/4, Health and Social Care (National Vocational Qualification) at Majestic College this week.
Immigration Adviser Bison UK have arranged paid work placement, which runs along side the vocational course, in a UK care home and she will stay with a Filipino host family in London.
As a qualified Nurse back home in Makati, Manila, Jacqui discusses her options to register with the NMC and take the ONP (Adaptation Course for overseas nurses) at a later date, which could qualify her to work as a registered Nurse (RGN) in the UK.
She will also need to pass an IELTS English test at band score 7.00, which, judging by her spoken English, should not be too much of a problem!
Qualified overseas Nurses taking NVQ courses have a number of options:
- Obtain an NVQ Level 3 and apply under Tier 2 for a permit as a Senior Care Worker, which is on the Shortage Occupations List.
- Obtain an NVQ Level 4 – Leadership and management award (LMC) and apply under Tier 2 for a permit as a Care Manager.
- Register with the NMC and pass the Overseas Nurses Programme (ONP) and apply under Tier 2 for a work permit as a Regsitered Nurse.
The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) has recently published its first review of the shortage occupation lists , which recommended that the qualification threshold for overseas Social Care Workers be changed to NQF (National Qualification Framework)/NVQ (National Vocational Qualification) Level 2 and the minimum salary cut from £8.80 to £7.80.
See: The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) revise Shortage Occupations List – Video
If the Government adopts the recommendations, it will be possible to obtain permission to work as a Care Assistant under Tier and switch from the Tier 4 Student Visa category.
If you need any immigration advice or help with Sponsorship or Work Permits, Visa or an appeal against a refusal please email:
info@immigrationmatters.co.uk or visit www.immigrationmatters.co.uk
Reader Comments
Dear Sir/madam
I’m a Registered Nurse in Philippines, I graduate and passed the local board exam last june 2007, I’m looking for a job in UK, I’m Residing in Morocco at the moment. I’m looking for employer to sponsored me, I’m a single mom and don’t have money to start the course and I want to be all legalized. I’m a hard working Filipina.
Hope your kind and consideration
Im a Registered Nurse in the Philippines. I went to Uk for a student visa and finish my NVQ3. I have also received my NMC deision letter last January 2010. I have worked as a Care Asssitant mor than a year now. I would like to ask from your kind office if do you have an employer who can sponsor me to do my ONP Program. Thank you so much for the attention regarding this matter. Hoping for a favorable response.
ONP programmes are now run by Universities and you can approach a provider.
ONP (Overseas Nurses Programme) Providers are listed on the NMC website.
I just finished my IMIS Foundation course with result. Since my college is still suspended, i like to change my college and course into NVQ Level 2 as because i ve been working as a care assistance in nursing home. Its my interested field as well. Other hand, my visa is going to be expired by first week of april 2010.
Would i able to change my course & college? If so, what documents do i need to submit?
I look forward to your good advice. Thans. Madan.
I just finished my IMIS Foundation course with good result. Since my college is still suspended, i like to change my college and course into NVQ Level 2 as because i ve been working as a care assistance in nursing home. Its my interested field as well. Other hand, my visa is going to be expired by first week of april 2010.
Would i able to change my course & college? If so, what documents do i need to submit?
I look forward to your good advice. Thans. Madan.
I HAVE COMPLETED ADVANCE BUSINESS DIPLOMA FROM CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY. HOW THEY CONSIDER IN UK IMMIGRATON.
See Voluntary Assisted Return and Reintegration Programme (VARRP) run by the IOM
FAQ’s http://www.iomlondon.org/doc/varrp/faq/VARRP%20FAQ.pdf
I am currently doing my NVQ 3 in hastings. I received my decision letter from an agency last august but i still havent found a placement. I would like to know if you can help me find a placement to do my adapatation and obtain a tier 2 visa as a nurse
I am Mr Jinish, I received The Decision letter from NMC. Is there anybody here can help me to get a placement to start with the ONP?
hello sir,
i am doing NVQ level 3 and its going to be finished. I am working at support living home before 2yrs. Is it possible to get work permit?
sir,
i am student of nvq 3 and i am working at care home as a senior care worker. I came here before tier 4 rule. I would like to know about work permit? How can i change my student visa to work permit visa in uk ? Is it possible if company sponserd me?
It depends on the job. You will need to find a Tier 2 sponsoring empoyer to sponsor you for a working visa.
Hi Charles kelly, I have my decesion letter already with 20 days protective learning and 3-6 months supervised practise. Is there any nhs hospital that will sponsor nurses for onp? Hoping to hear from you, thanks a lot.
im looking for employer im domestic helper here in lahore pakistan.my contrac will be finish on dec.2011im a hard worker pilipino 51yrs old.pls help me to find job there in uk.im strong and healhty can do all house work im good in cooking
You can only work as a domestic worker in the UK if your employer relocates here. You will not get a work permit for this type of work so beware of scams.
I am a nurse from In India and a tier 4 student of post graduate diploma in health care management level 7 and I am working as a senior carer in a care home for 1 year. my visa expiring on april 2012. My employer have sponsorship licence.Can I apply for a workpermit?Please give me a good reply for me . thanking you.
Good day, my name is Aubrey Uy, a registered nurse from the Philippines. I would like to work as a nurse in UK. I already passed my ielts with above 7 in all parts. I also have 3 years working experience in the adult icu department. I am planning to apply for the NMC asap. With regards to the ONP program, I do know the schools that offer it but I would just like to know, do I need to first look for a sponsor and then apply for the ONP or will the school that offers the ONP program be the one to look for a sponsor for me? After the ONP program, I will be absorbed by my sponsor right? Thank you very much.
I am a nurse graduate in Nepal. I am studying PGD Health and social care. I meet the IELTS criteria to apply for ONP. Do the nursing homes and hospitals still sponsor for the nurses??? If yes could you give me some names of them??
Thank you!!
Check the NMC website for ONP details